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Photo-developing apparatus

EP 0708366 B1 · Applicant: NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD.

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  • Filed October 18, 1995 and granted December 16, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 18, 2015.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by April 18, 2021.
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FiledOctober 18, 1995
PublishedApril 24, 1996
GrantedDecember 16, 1998
Term endedOctober 18, 2015
Application numberEP 95307434
Classification (CPC)G03D13/003 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedOct 18, 1995PublishedApril 24, 1996Patent grantedDec 16, 1998Term endedOct 18, 2015

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